Hulking structures, recessed windows, abrasive raw concrete. These are the hallmarks of some of New Haven’s most striking buildings—enormous, bare creations that inspire gut reactions, often of distaste…

Rising over the green with Victorian Gothic towers and windows, and surrounded by less vintage constructions, New Haven City Hall feels timeless in 2017. So it’s hard to believe that its time was once up. …

Long ago, a titan of theater toyed with the notion that “all the world’s a stage,” but what about the inverse? “All the stage is a world,” more naturally said, “Every stage is a world,” is well-articulated by another, much …